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à _fw-fr johanne_n verò_fw-la aedificata_fw-la the_o church_n which_o be_v at_o ephesus_n in_o deed_n be_v found_v of_o paul_n but_o it_o be_v build_v of_o saint_n john_n and_o so_o peter_n shall_v have_v no_o other_o primacy_n in_o rome_n but_o as_o paul_n have_v in_o epheso_n that_o be_v to_o say_v to_o be_v count_v as_o the_o first_o preacher_n and_o converter_n of_o the_o people_n there_o to_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n and_o as_o well_o may_v all_o the_o bishop_n of_o ephesus_n challenge_v the_o primacy_n of_o all_o nation_n both_o gentile_n and_o jew_n by_o saint_n paul_n apostolum_n gentium_fw-la their_o founder_n as_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n by_o saint_n peter_n apostolum_n tantum_fw-la circumcisionis_fw-la in_o case_n he_o be_v the_o first_o founder_n challenge_v primacy_n over_o all_o but_o undoubted_o this_o primacy_n over_o all_o that_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n of_o late_o do_v challenge_v be_v not_o allow_v nor_o yet_o know_v nor_o hear_v off_o amongst_o the_o ancient_a father_n though_o they_o have_v the_o church_n of_o rome_n in_o high_a estimation_n as_o well_o for_o the_o notable_a virtuous_a deed_n that_o the_o clergy_n there_o do_v show_v and_o exercise_v abundant_o to_o their_o neighbour_n as_o witness_v the_o say_a eusebius_n 23._o allege_v the_o epistle_n that_o dionysius_n alexandrinus_n write_v to_o sother_n bishop_n of_o rome_n testify_v the_o same_o as_o for_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n be_v the_o most_o ample_a and_o chief_a city_n of_o all_o the_o world_n witness_v saint_n cyprian_n say_v planè_fw-la quoniam_fw-la pro_fw-la magnitudine_fw-la sva_fw-la debeat_fw-la carthaginem_fw-la roma_fw-la praecedere_fw-la illic_fw-la maiora_fw-la &_o graviora_fw-la commisit_fw-la certain_o because_o that_o rome_n ought_v for_o her_o greatness_n excel_v carthage_n therefore_o there_o he_o commit_v the_o great_a and_o more_o grievous_a offence_n which_o saint_n cyprian_a also_o when_o he_o have_v do_v certain_a act_n yea_o &_o make_v certain_a determination_n and_o statute_n unto_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n he_o do_v not_o submit_v they_o to_o his_o reformation_n or_o judgement_n but_o only_o signify_v his_o own_o sentence_n to_o like_v he_o also_o and_o yet_o add_v thereunto_o that_o if_o any_o bishop_n mean_v as_o well_o of_o rome_n as_o of_o other_o which_o
be_v of_o the_o contrary_a opinion_n to_o he_o will_v otherwise_o think_v or_o do_v he_o will_v not_o then_o his_o sentence_n shall_v be_v to_o they_o prejudicial_a or_o compulsory_a but_o to_o follow_v their_o own_o wit_n &_o custom_n tum_o quod_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la episcoporum_fw-la habeat_fw-la svi_fw-la arbitrij_fw-la libertatem_fw-la tum_fw-la quod_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la praepositus_fw-la rationem_fw-la svi_fw-la actus_fw-la sit_fw-la domino_fw-la rediturus_fw-la partly_o for_o that_o every_o one_o of_o the_o bishop_n have_v liberty_n of_o his_o own_o will_n and_o partly_o for_o that_o every_o governor_n shall_v make_v a_o account_n to_o god_n of_o his_o own_o deed_n as_o it_o appear_v plain_o in_o his_o epistle_n to_o stephanus_n and_o julianus_n and_o in_o the_o three_o epistle_n to_o cornelius_n towards_o the_o end_n speak_v of_o the_o refuge_n that_o one_o felicissimus_n à _fw-fr novatian_n after_o the_o condemnation_n in_o africa_n make_v to_o rome_n he_o impugn_v such_o appeal_n say_v that_o quia_fw-la singulis_fw-la pastoribus_fw-la portio_fw-la gregis_fw-la est_fw-la asscripta_fw-la quam_fw-la regat_fw-la unusquisque_fw-la &_o gubernet_fw-la rationem_fw-la svi_fw-la actus_fw-la domino_fw-la rediturus_fw-la statutum_fw-la est_fw-la ab_fw-la omnibus_fw-la nobis_fw-la aequumque_fw-la pariter_fw-la ac_fw-la iustum_fw-la censemus_fw-la ut_fw-la uniuscuiusque_fw-la causa_fw-la illic_fw-la audiatur_fw-la ubi_fw-la est_fw-la crimen_fw-la admissum_fw-la forasmuch_o as_o every_o pastor_n have_v his_o flock_n by_o portion_n commit_v to_o he_o which_o every_o one_o ought_v to_o rule_v &_o govern_v and_o must_v give_v account_n to_o the_o lord_n of_o his_o administration_n it_o be_v decree_v of_o we_o all_o and_o we_o think_v it_o both_o meet_a &_o just_a that_o every_o man_n cause_n and_o plea_n shall_v there_o be_v hear_v where_o the_o crime_n be_v commit_v this_o holy_a &_o excellent_a clerk_n and_o martyr_n s._n cyprian_a will_v never_o have_v either_o impugn_a their_o refuge_n to_o rome_n from_o their_o own_o primate_n or_o so_o obstinate_o hold_v and_o maintain_v his_o determination_n in_o the_o counsel_n of_o africa_n contrary_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n and_o to_o their_o custom_n without_o any_o submission_n by_o word_n or_o writing_n if_o the_o primacy_n over_o all_o which_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n do_v challenge_n and_o usurp_v have_v be_v ground_v upon_o the_o plain_a scripture_n as_o you_o with_o some_o other_o do_v think_v and_o it_o be_v to_o be_v suppose_v also_o that_o he_o will_v in_o all_o his_o epistle_n to_o they_o have_v call_v they_o patres_fw-la or_o dominos_fw-la father_n or_o lord_n as_o superior_n and_o not_o always_o fratres_fw-la &_o collegas_fw-la brother_n and_o fellow_n in_o office_n as_o but_o his_o fellow_n which_o yet_o more_o plain_o do_v appear_v by_o the_o act_n of_o the_o counsel_n of_o africa_n in_o saint_n augustine_n time_n by_o the_o which_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o though_o the_o faith_n of_o christ_n be_v by_o the_o roman_n first_o bring_v into_o africa_n as_o saint_n augustine_n do_v confess_v 10.2_o yet_o it_o be_v not_o read_v nor_o know_v that_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n use_v or_o challenge_v any_o exercise_n of_o sovereignty_n in_o africa_n unto_o this_o time_n and_o yet_o then_o he_o do_v not_o challenge_v it_o jure_fw-la divino_fw-la but_o praetextu_fw-la definitionis_fw-la cuiusdam_fw-la canonis_fw-la in_o concilio_fw-la niceno_fw-la that_o be_v by_o the_o right_n of_o god_n word_n but_o by_o the_o pretence_n of_o a_o certain_a canon_n suppose_v to_o be_v in_o the_o counsel_n of_o nice_a which_o article_n can_v never_o be_v find_v though_o it_o be_v then_o very_o diligent_o seek_v for_o through_o all_o the_o principal_a church_n of_o the_o east_n and_o south_n 307.308_o but_o only_o allege_v of_o julius_n bishop_n of_o rome_n out_o of_o his_o own_o library_n and_o you_o may_v be_v well_o assure_v that_o if_o these_o in_o scripture_n have_v make_v for_o it_o neither_o the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n will_v have_v leave_v that_o certain_a proof_n by_o scripture_n and_o trust_v only_o to_o the_o testimony_n of_o a_o article_n of_o that_o counsel_n doubt_v on_o unlikely_a to_o be_v find_v nor_o yet_o saint_n augustine_n with_o his_o holy_a and_o learned_a company_n viginti_fw-la will_v have_v resist_v this_o demand_n if_o it_o have_v be_v either_o ground_v upon_o scripture_n or_o determine_v in_o that_o or_o other_o counsel_n or_o yet_o have_v stand_v with_o equity_n good_a order_n or_o reason_n howbeit_o the_o largeness_n and_o magnificence_n of_o building_n of_o that_o city_n and_o ancient_a excellency_n and_o superiority_n of_o the_o same_o in_o temporal_a dominion_n be_v the_o only_a cause_n that_o in_o the_o counsel_n where_o the_o patriarchal_a sea_n be_v set_v in_o order_n the_o bishop_n of_o rome_n be_v lot_v in_o the_o first_o place_n and_o not_o in_o any_o such_o constitution_n make_v by_o christ_n 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purgari_fw-la quasi_fw-la verò_fw-la ipse_fw-la sibi_fw-la hoc_fw-la comparaverit_fw-la ac_fw-la non_fw-la imperator_fw-la ita_fw-la quaeri_fw-la iusserit_fw-la ad_fw-la cvius_fw-la curam_fw-la de_fw-la qua_fw-la rationem_fw-la deo_fw-la redditurus_fw-la esset_fw-la res_fw-la illa_fw-la maximè_fw-la pertinebat_fw-la one_o theridamas_n be_v which_o say_v that_o a_o bishop_n ought_v not_o to_o have_v be_v put_v to_o his_o purgation_n before_o the_o judgement_n seat_n of_o the_o deputy_n as_o though_o he_o himself_o procure_v it_o and_o not_o rather_o the_o empeyour_fw-mi himself_o cause_v this_o inquiry_n to_o be_v make_v to_o who_o jurisdiction_n for_o the_o which_o he_o must_v answer_v to_o god_n that_o cause_n do_v especial_o pertain_v chisostome_n write_v of_o that_o imperial_a authority_n thus_o laesus_fw-la est_fw-la qui_fw-la non_fw-la habet_fw-la parem_fw-la ullum_fw-la super_fw-la terram_fw-la summitas_fw-la &_o caput_fw-la est_fw-la omnium_fw-la hominum_fw-la super_fw-la 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